GateHouse News Service New England Budget  February 21, 2008

Here are the top New England regional stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at gatehousenewsservice.com.

cbiondi@gatehousemedia.com

Here are the top New England regional stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at gatehousenewsservice.com. Please submit stories below no later than 6 p.m. local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly. Questions?

Contact: Chris Biondi, (508) 626-4343, cbiondi@gatehousemedia.com

News

JACQUES APPOINTED TO STATE BOARD - Cheryl Jacques, a Newton resident and former state lawmaker, has been recommended for a seat on the Industrial Accident Board, a panel that oversees workers’ compensations disputes.
CNC, Simpson, 5 inches, on wire now
With photo

NEEDHAM HIT-AND-RUN CASE MOVED TO SUPERIOR COURT - Jane Goodman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from a hit-and-run accident in Needham that took the life of a semi-retired Framingham man last November.
CNC, Simpson, 12 inches, on wire now
With photo

MASS. PHILOSOPHER NAMED TO LIST OF INFLUENTIAL PRINCETON GRADS - Liberal philosopher and longtime Lexington resident John Rawls was recently named the fourth most-influential Princeton graduate by Princeton Alumni Weekly. That, on the surface, sounds impressive. It is magnified by the three names ahead of him - James Madison, Alan Turing, Woodrow Wilson.
CNC, Murphy, 22 inches, on wire now
With photo

NEIGHBOR BATTLES HARVARD OVER PROPERTY DAMAGE FROM DORM PROJECT - Martin Annis wants to be a good neighbor, but for the past two years, doing so has been a difficult charge. In 2005, Harvard University began building a six-story, 90,000-square-foot dormitory right behind Annis’ Banks Street home.
CNC, Dunning, 22 inches, on wire now
With photo

MASS. VEGAN COMPETES IN ‘SEXIEST VEGETARIAN NEXT DOOR’ CONTEST - Lettuce be clear: Matthew Pidge may be sexy, but don’t call him “beefcake.” Pidge, 23, a Brookline resident, doesn’t consume or wear any animal products or by-products as part of his lifestyle, which is how he got to be a finalist in PETA’s “Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door” nationwide contest.
CNC, Scarpati, 22 inches, on wire now
With photo and recipe

BROCKTON HOSPITAL CRASH DRIVER PLEADS NOT GUILTY AT ARRAIGNMENT - The driver who crashed her car into Brockton Hospital last October, killing two employees, pleaded not guilty this morning to motor vehicle homicide charges.
Enterprise, Alspach, 6 inches, on wire now
With photo

JUDGE LET PEEPER SUSPECT GO - The judge who let a Level 3 sex offender out of prison about a year before the man allegedly raped a 6-year-old boy is under fire again following the arrest of a separate sex offender he let go. David C. Flavell, 38, another Level 3 offender, is charged with following a woman into the bathroom at Borders bookstore in Braintree and poking his head under the stall to look at her.
Ledger, Tatz, 15 inches, on wire now
With mug

Business

SHIRE MOVES TO BUILD $394M COMPLEX ON FORMER RAYTHEON SITE - Shire HGT, a Cambridge-based division of British pharmaceutical giant Shire, announced has announced that it would accept the state’s incentive package and build a $394 million expansion on the former Raytheon site on Spring Street in Lexington.
CNC, Murphy, 18 inches, on wire now

Opinions

EDITORIAL: BETTER PAY FOR DIRECT CARE WORKERS - Massachusetts is a labor-friendly state where public employee unions enjoy considerable clout. The exceptions are the thousands of direct care workers who take care of the state's elderly, sick and disabled citizens.
MetroWest, on wire now

MAHONEY: FEBRUARY SCHOOL VACATION
Ledger, on wire now

GRANLUND: ELDERLY DRIVERS
MetroWest, on wire now

GRANLUND: CASTRO'S ADIOS
MetroWest, on wire now

Sports

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Lifestyles

WHAT WOMEN WANT: FASHION, FOOD, FACIALS, FITNESS AND FINANCES - Life coach Susan McIntosh, 39, of Winchester, will discuss her “On Your Way in 90 Days” program at the Wings International Network 2008 Women’s Expo March 2 at the Marriott Hotel in Quincy.
Ledger, Gerdeman, 20 inches, on wire now
With photos and sidebar on the expo

WATER WORLD: UNDERSEA PHOTOS AT BROADMOOR SANCTUARY - The education coordinator for public programming at Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick, Marzoff is exhibiting at the sanctuary photographs she took of fascinating marine acquaintances she encountered scuba diving the world's oceans.
MetroWest, Bergeron, 25 inches, on wire now
With photos

A TAPESTRY'S MYSTERY UNRAVELED AT ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER - The show, "Luxury for Export," uses rare artworks purchased by Gardner as a springboard to visit the 17th century workshops of India to unravel a mystery that remained unsolved for 400 years.
MetroWest, Bergeron, 30 inches, on wire now
With photos